A review of the MTF concept in room acoustics and its use for estimating speech intelligibility in auditoria

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 1069-1077

  Houtgast, T ^a   Steeneken, H J M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84873312246     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: NA     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.392224     Document Type: Article

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